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This is going to be the first of the second set in our series of projections and discussions about all of our players this year. Essentially, we'll go through all 15 Pacers (I'm excluding Droopy) and talk about our expectations. Each poster will cut and paste form below and fill it out, adding their reasoning at the bottom. The reasoning is the most important, as it will help the conversation.

The first five guys will go up today, and they will be the fringe players. Then will come the rotational players, then we'll get to our key players. If you're looking to do a little research on the guys, I'd suggest BBR as the best statistical site.

So, here we start with:

Travis Diener

Games Played:
Games Lost To Injury:
DNP-CD's:
Minutes per Game:
Points per Game:
Rebounds per Game:
Assists per Game:
FG%:
3FG%:
FT%:
Other Key Stats (can be Steals, Blocks, TO's, A/TO ratio, etc.)

Reasoning/Synopsis: Describe why you think this player will provide these numbers. What will his role be? What's his best-case? What's his worst-case?

Lets get started.

Games Played: 40
Games Lost To Injury: 0
DNP-CD's: 42
Minutes per Game: 12
Points per Game: 5
Rebounds per Game: 1
Assists per Game: 3
FG%: 45
3FG%: 40
FT%: 85
Other Key Stats (can be Steals, Blocks, TO's, A/TO ratio, etc.)

He's a third-string point guard. I've got nothing against him, but he won't play very much so long as Ford and Jack are healthy.

an energy player and cheerleader off the bench. don't put him on your fantasy team.

Games Played: 50
Games Lost To Injury: 0
DNP-CD's: 32
Minutes per Game: 12
Points per Game: 4.0
Rebounds per Game: 1.0
Assists per Game: 2.0
FG%: 40%
3FG%: 33%
FT%: 88%
Steals per Game: 0.4
Blocks per Game: 0.0

For sure, he's gonna get a less playing time now that TJ and JJ are in town. But he can still be of good service especially if Obie needs to spread the floor a little more and someone who can drain the 3. Among our PG's, he's the only legit 3 point shooter.

Games Played: 75
Games Lost To Injury: 2
DNP-CD's: 5
Minutes per Game: 7.1
Points per Game: 3.3
Rebounds per Game: 0.8
Assists per Game: 1.9
FG%: 38%
3FG%: 33%
FT%: 90%
Other Key Stats: None of any import

Poor Travis gets squeezed as the Pacers added not one, but two guys that (a) play his position and (b) are better than he is. I think he'll get a taste most games, but will only have a handful of games where he can snare 15 minutes or more, usually due to an injury.